Basic shapes like squares, rectangles, circles and ovals are the building blocks of design. But that doesn’t mean they have to be simple or boring, they can take center stage too. Ellen Hutson calls them Essential Shapes and they can … Read More ...
Hot Air Balloon Card
Mindy Eggen got a bright and bold watercolor look on her Hot Air Balloon Card by using Karin Brushmarkers to color her stamped image. Those colors really pop against her pretty ink blending background. by HoneyBee Stamps
Books and Coffee Cards
These adorable cards really spoke to me, not just because they have sweet little animals on them but because they featured 2 of my favorite things, books and coffee! I can’t live without either 🙂 Using stamps from Eveline T. … Read More ...
Mason Jar Digital Stamps
These pretty Mason Jar Digital Stamps offer a variety of sentiments as well as a blank jar. There are 8 that you can download, print and color for your next card project. And best of all they are FREE.
Funny Grumpy Unicorn Card
Usually unicorn and rainbow cards are happy and sweet but this hilarious card features a grumpy unicorn and a funny sentiment. He’s part of the new Mythical Grumplings stamp set from Taylored Expressions. There’s also a dragon and Yeti too. … Read More ...
Mirror Stamping with a Media Mat
Mirror Image Stamping is a fun technique that allows you to stamp the reverse of an image. This makes for fun card where your images can face each other or you can add a reflection. The silicone Media Mat from … Read More ...
Heat Embossing Techniques – Create 5 Cards with 1 Stamp
I love a versatile stamp, if I can use it in many different ways I really feel like I’ve gotten my monies worth. Simon Hurley used a floral stamp set and several different heat embossing techniques to create 5 beautiful … Read More ...
Miss You Bears Card
These sweet little bears are here to tell someone how much you miss them. Ally used stamps from Gerda Steiner and Copic markers to color them. I love how she colored each bear with a different texture, it adds so … Read More ...
Butterfly Box Card
How pretty and Springy is this card from Dina Kowal!? This box style pop up card opens up to reveal some lovely butterflies but still folds flat to fit inside an envelope. She’s sharing step by step photo direction as … Read More ...
Rainbow Stripe Card with Stencils
Colorful Rainbow patterns are still so popular and they add such a bright cheerful touch to any card. Lydia created her rainbow striped card by placing painters tape over top of a stencil to mask off different areas for ink … Read More ...
Chalkola Marker Review, Giveaway and Coupon Code
Chalkola recently sent me a set of their 30 Chalk Markers to try and it was so much fun incorporating them into my paper crafting. I created some card samples and filmed a product review sharing all about these markers … Read More ...
Card Making Tutorial – Pull Tab Birthday Card
This birthday card from Channin is super fun, inventive and also interactive! When you lift the lid of the box you reveal a fox in a party hat on a confetti background. She used stamps and dies from Hero Arts… Read More ...
Spinning Cards
Close to My Heart has released their new Card Front Spinner die and coordinating stamps that allow you to easily make some fun cards with an interactive spinning wheel. I love the trendy rainbow and sweet gumball machine designs!
Masculine Cards with Wood Paper
I don’t know about you but I sometimes struggle making masculine cards. I have so many cute animal and pretty flower stamps and those don’t always work for a card for a guy. Norine used thin sheets of wood paper… Read More ...
Fairy Door Card
I’ve been seeing a lot of paper crafters “shopping their stash” lately, meaning they use items they already own to create something new instead of going shopping. I thought this was a fantastic idea and so I shopped my own … Read More ...